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Chapters 7-8, Discovering the Bible
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ACROSS 1 A prophetess-judge who brought deliverance to Israel from oppression 4 The prophet who confronted David about his sin 7 The man whom Samuel anointed as Israel's first king 8 A book covering 350 years of Israel's "Dark Ages;" it takes its name from the warrior heroes who were the central characters in its stories 10 Saul's son who was a close friend with David 12 Israel's last judge, a priest and the first of the prophets; this man stands between the era of the judges and the era of statehood and kingship 15 A non-Israelite who assisted two spies sent to Jericho because she recognized God's power at work among the Israelite 16 A judge of Israel who defeated a far larger Midianite army with only 300 men (pared down from the 32,000 soldiers who originally showed up for the battle)
DOWN 2 The woman with whom David committed adultery; the second son that David fathered with her was named Solomon 3 Mother of Samuel who had made a vow to God that if He would give her a son, she would consecrate that son as a Nazarite 5 David's son who killed his brother Amnon in retaliation for the rape of their sister Tamar and who tried to wrest the throne from his father 6 A biographical sketch of a lady from Moab who was the great-grandmother of King David 9 The book that tells the stories of entering, possessing and distributing the land as a solemn act of worship 11 The god of a Canaanite fertility religion 12 A physically powerful man who was raised as a godly Nazarite but whose life illustrates the ultimate degeneration of the office of judge 13 A priest who had two evil sons 14 The second king of Israel who was referred to as a man "after God's own heart"; our textbook said he was king during Israel's "golden years" Puzzle made at www.varietygames.com/CW/
